"I saw that the guard was weak," Morris said. "I told my teammates that I was going to go after it. They pulled him over so I could go in for a good shot. I saw the opening and put my hand up there."

Morris, a sophomore defensive tackle, blocked an extra point earlier this season against Florida Atlantic.

"They can't do anything but step inside, so I take advantage of it," Morris said. "It's a pretty good impact on the ball, but nothing I can't handle."

Morris started on UAB's 3-man front along with Deric Scott and Trey Grissett. He had two tackles.

Blankenship moves to tackle: Sophomore Cameron Blankenship got his first start of the season against Marshall at guard. He had to move to tackle for the first time in his career after freshman tackle Victor Salako aggravated an ankle injury.

Head coach Garrick McGee said Salako's injury happened last week, but he tried to play through it. McGee said no one else, to his knowledge, had to come out of the game for the duration due to injury.

"We anticipated that going into the week," Blankenship said. "Vic (playing) was kind of shaky on us. I practiced at tackle some during the week and just tried to do the best I could."

UAB was without starting ends Chris Rabb and Diaheem Watkins due to injury and receiver Jamari Staples. UAB did have two injured players return in receiver Nyiakki Height and cornerback Kelton Brackett.

Streak snapped: UAB kicker Ty Long's streak of 29 field goals at 40 yards or less came to an end on Saturday when he missed from 37 yards in the fourth quarter.

Other notes

- Darrin Reaves ran for the 23rd rushing touchdown of his career, which is fourth all-time at UAB.

- Marshall now owns a 7-2 lead in the series over UAB, including 5-0 in Huntington.